Tag: TheFiveOrders
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The Five Orders: Doors
Five Pillars of Architectural Vocabulary, Delivered Weekly on Sundays Welcome back to The Five Orders! This week, we’re covering five architectural terms related to doors. We’ll explore the functional, symbolic, and spatial roles of these elements through our vocabulary for the week. The terms are: threshold, jamb, portal, transom, and lintel. If you don’t know…
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The Five Orders: Modernist Architectural Features
Five Pillars of Architectural Vocabulary, Delivered Weekly on Sundays Welcome back to The Five Orders! This week we are going to be covering 5 modernist architectural features. They are: pilotis, curtain wall, free plan, ribbon windows, and flat roof. If you don’t know one or more of these terms than keep reading. Make sure to…
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The Five Orders: Masonry Terms
Welcome back to week 4 of The Five Orders! This week we are going to be covering 5 masonry terms to deepen your knowledge of the craft. The terms are: rustication, ashlar, coursing, voussoir, and quoin.
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The Five Orders: Compositional Terms
Discover five essential architectural composition concepts—proportion, massing, contrast, symmetry, and rhythm. Learn how these visual principles shape iconic buildings like the Taj Mahal and the Louvre Pyramid. Perfect for architecture students, designers, and enthusiasts.
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The Five Orders: Vaults and Decorative Ceiling Elements
Explore five iconic ceiling styles—rib vault, fan vault, barrel vault, lacunar, and Chinese caisson—in this architectural guide. Learn how these structural and ornamental ceiling elements shaped Gothic cathedrals, Roman temples, and Chinese palaces. Perfect for architecture enthusiasts, students, and travelers.
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The Five Orders: Classical Orders
“The Five Orders” is a weekly series of blogs where we try to expand your architecture vocab 5 words at a time. Join us this week to learn about the five orders themselves: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, and Tuscan!
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